Chayvattanaram Temple is one of the most famous temples of the city of Ayutthaya, once the largest city in the world, the ancient capital of the kingdom of the same name. He, like the rest of the city, declared World Heritage Site.

Chayvattanaram Wat was built in 1630 by King Prasat Thong. It was the first temple during the reign of the king and was dedicated to his mother, who lived near the site of construction. Literally, the name "Chayvattanaram" is translated as "the temple's long reign and glorious era." Temple wore the title of king, this is where the royals were carried out important ceremonies and this is where their bodies were cremated.

Despite the fact that he is a Buddhist temple, its architecture refers to the Khmer style, popular at the time. Its characteristic feature is phrang - structure, resembling the shape of his ear of corn, where relics.

In the center of Vata Chayvattanaram is 35-meter phrang surrounded by another four smaller. Around the middle of phrangov located entrances to which are steep stairs. The whole structure is located on the platform, around which there are 8 domed chedi (stupas). Each of them are reliefs of the Buddha's life, which need to be considered in a clockwise direction.

The whole structure of the church is none other than the Buddhist view of the structure of the world. Central phrang symbolizes Mount Meru as the central axis of the world. Around him phranga four - four areas of the world.

After the attack on the Burmese in 1767. Ayutthaya, the temple as well as the entire city was devastated. Theft of valuables, the barbaric destruction of the Buddha statues have been commonplace at the time. Only in 1987, the Department of Fine Arts began reconstruction Chayvattanaram wool, and only in 1992 it was opened to the world.